Although Brighi played magnificently, he was not selected in Italy's 23-man roster for the Confederations Cup.

Although no drugs act exclusively on the hypothalamus or a part of it, there is sufficient specificity to distinguish drugs which shift the hypothalamic balance to the sympathetic side from those which produce a parasympathetic dominance.

Although the Royal Navy is widely regarded as having been vital for the rise of the British Empire, and British dominance of the world, the British Army played an important role in the colonisation of India and other regions.

Although the parliamentary process had disappointed the labour movement, dominance in the Finnish Parliament and in legislation seemed to be the only true pathway to reach a more economically and socially balanced society.

Although affected by ideologies such as communism during much of the 20th century, the Islamic identity and the dominance of Islam on political issues intensified during the early 21st century.

Although the Fighting Fantasy titles had successful sales the increasing dominance of video games in the 1990s caused a gradual decline.

Although Atlético Madrid, previously known as Atlético Aviación, were champions in 1950 and 1951 under catenaccio mastermind Helenio Herrera, the 1950s saw the beginning of the Barcelona / Real Madrid dominance.

Although the Afro-Guyanese middle class was uneasy with Burnham's leftist leanings, the PNC remained a shield against Indo-Guyanese dominance.

Although the Portuguese participated in the trading networks of East Africa as early as the 16th century, they did not establish hegemonic ( total ) colonial dominance over the entire territory that now comprises Mozambique until the 19th century.

Although the 4 – 0 sweep indicates Pittsburgh's dominance in won games, it was actually a close series that could have gone either way.

Although their demographic dominance of the region has been reduced by European colonisation and the commensurate rise of mestizos, there are contemporary Guaraní populations in these areas.

Although Great Britain and the Dutch Republic had been allies since the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the Dutch had become very much the junior partner in the alliance, and had slowly lost their erstwhile dominance of world trade to the British.

Although SmartSuite was bundled cheaply with many PCs and may initially have been more popular than Microsoft Office, Lotus quickly lost its dominance in the desktop applications market with the transition to 32 bit applications running on Windows 95.

Although one of the few areas of mainland Scotland where the Gaelic language did not achieve dominance — the presence of the language is attributed to the " temporary occupation … the presence of a landowning Gaelic-speaking aristocracy and their followers for something like 150-200 years " — there are some placenames from the language, e. g. Dalry, Currie, Balerno and Cockenzie.

Although the dominance of the Labour Rātana over the Māori electorates has been broken, the Rātana movement is still a major force in New Zealand politics.

Although the British had successfully pacified the uprising in the Ohio Country, British military dominance was tenuous, and they decided to negotiate with the Ottawa leader.

Although strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher, it is recognized that the style of swing that generates a home run also leaves batters somewhat susceptible to striking out.

Although Maddox was elected as a Democratic candidate at the same time as Jimmy Carter's election as governor, the two were not running mates ; in Georgia, particularly in that era of Democratic dominance, the winners of the primary elections went on to easy victories in the general elections without campaigning together as an official ticket or as running mates.

Although having been regularly served by legacy carriers throughout its history, GSP has been plagued with high airfares, due partially to the dominance of Atlanta and Charlotte's airports in close proximity.

Although the Japanese would soon dominate the U. S. video game console market, their feared dominance of the home computer field never materialized.

Although Topps did not invent the concept of baseball cards, its dominance in the field basically allowed the company to define people's expectations of what a baseball card would look like.

Although France was one of the very founding members of the Atlantic Alliance, President Charles de Gaulle withdrew France from NATO ’ s military structure in 1966 in protest over American dominance of the Atlantic Alliance.

Although the Cats trailed at the half-time break by 37 points, Ablett's continued dominance up forward against his former side saw the lead reduced to just 6 points with less than a minute to go.

Although the Cats did not make the Finals, Ablett's new-found dominance up forward was highlighted during the season with his bags of ten or more goals on five occasions – including a 14 goal performance against Essendon in Round 6.

Although the resulting ubiquity of Microsoft software allows a user to benefit from network effects, critics decry what they consider to be an " embrace, extend and extinguish " strategy by Microsoft of adding proprietary features to open standards, thereby using its market dominance to gain de facto ownership of standards " extended " in this way.

Although the collections centre on Mesopotamia most of the surrounding areas are well represented.

Although largely residential, Hayling is also a holiday, windsurfing and sailing centre, the site where windsurfing was invented.

Although San Francisco was the centre of American psychedelic music scene, many other American cities contributed significantly to the new genre.

Although Holmes appears to show initial interest in some female clients ( in particular, Violet Hunter in " The Adventure of the Copper Beeches "), Watson says he inevitably " manifested no further interest in the client when once she had ceased to be the centre of one of his problems ".

Although not congruent, the blue and green shapes are roughly equal in area, being equidistant from the longitudinal centre.

Although many buildings and districts in the historic centre were damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and Nicolae Ceaușescu's program of systematization, many survived.

Although in many senses the centre operates as one community, it has parallel municipal governments and state government services.

Although it was at the centre of the spice production areas, it was far from the Asian trade routes and other VOC areas of activity ranging from Africa to Japan.

Although it did not have a university, Rouen became an important intellectual centre by reason of its reputed schools of higher learning.

Although Groningen is not a very large city, it does have an important role as the main urban centre of this part of the country, particularly in the fields of music and other arts, education, and business.

Although by this time the intellectual centre of gravity of the discipline had long since shifted to other universities throughout the world.

Although there does not appear to be any nationally sanctioned " starting point " for the entire Trans-Canada Highway system, St. John's has adopted this designation for the section of highway running in the city by using the term " Mile One " for its sports stadium and convention centre complex, Mile One Centre.

Although known today as a dormitory suburb of Glasgow, the town grew from a country village within the parish of New Kilpatrick to a minor industrial centre in the nineteenth century with paper mills and bleach works on the Allander River to the north east of the town centre.

Although the seat of political power had been shifted, however, Memphis remained perhaps the most important commercial and artistic centre, as evidenced by the discovery of handicrafts districts and cemeteries, located west of the temple of Ptah.

Although partly restored by Valentinian I, it never regained its former importance, and Vindobona became the chief military centre.

Although never a big manufacturing centre, in the 18th century industry centred around hand loom wool weaving, and in the early 19th century the principal industry was spinning and the manufacture of shoe thread.

Although the Pacific Highway cuts through the centre of the city, much attention has recently been focused on obtaining state government commitment to determining the routes of proposed highway deviations at a number of places including Bonville, the North Boambee Valley to the west of Coffs Harbour and north of Arrawarra to Wells Crossing.

Although Worcester is near the centre of Oxford today, it was on the edge of the city in the eighteenth century.

Although far from the centre of power in Scotland, Dumfries had obvious strategic significance sitting as it does on the edge of Galloway and being the centre of control for the south west of Scotland.

Although there was no definite axis in John Nolen ’ s design, the centre point of the plan was said to be the major recreational facility, ‘ Kistler Green ’.

Although the St Audrey's market petered out during centuries past, the tradition of low priced cloth, albeit of better quality, is now carried on with the modern market holders at the St Ives town centre version, which is still a draw to dress and curtain makers.

Although the town centre of Pudsey is in the LS28 postcode area, parts of it are in the LS13 postcode area, and also in the Bradford postcode areas of BD3 and BD4.